Update 4: The UN Security Council is set to met at 4am Saturday Seoul time (3pm ET on Friday)
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Update 3: US Pacific Command has confirmed that its commitment to the defense of Japan and South Korea (via NBC News)
North Korea fired a missile that flew over Japan and landed in waters off the northern region of Hokkaido early on Tuesday, marking a sharp escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula according to Reuters. The missile test, which experts said was an intermediate-range Hwasong 12 missile, came as U.S. and South Korean forces conduct an annual military drill, against which North Korea strenuously objects.
South Korea’s military said the missile was launched from the Sunan region near Pyongyang at 5:57 a.m. local time and flew 2,700 km (1,680 miles), reaching an altitude of about 550 km (340 miles). Japanese’s NHK broadcaster reported the missile broke into three pieces and fell into waters off Hokkaido.
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A large bright comet-shaped object with a blue-green-white tail streaked over Los Angeles and San Diego. The phenomena has led spectators and social media to spectulate it was a UFO. The US Navy has confirmed that the mysterious ‘meteor’ was a scheduled Trident II ballistic missile test flight.
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